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Tuk Raleigh Signal. A Republican Wreklj Newspaper, rLUUSIIKU by J. C. L II A RRlsY TERMS. (One Year) t1.50. (Six Months) 75 Entered in the Pojtoffice, mcoiiJ cla mulmatter. IHE .Raleigh at lUWgh. M VOL. 1. RALEIGH, N. O., THURSDAY, AUGUST Signal. 3? 1887. NO. 32. NORRIS & CARTER UKEAT IiKDUCTIO.N'.S in all eludes of Spring and Summer Goods. I,irilTto reduce stock, during the month of jU!j and neiore tiling our femi-annual Inventory, we t'-i oner our enure iiock 01 prlng Ofring and and Summer ummer D ress ress 1 ood, VJI oods. ilk., drift trimmings, wash fabrics, white goods, lacef, embroideries, gloves, corsets, hosier, underwear, ribbons, gents furnishing goods, carpets, trunks, parao!g, umbrellas, shoes, hats, domes tics, notions and fancy goods of every de scription at JOS J AH. Thre lived a chap win se onlj a m ' Wss n be called a lljei; An empty-Leaded ass, his name Was, to be brief, J osier, He once engaged a mal.l lo court, And costly things he'd buy her; , Which she pronounced "delightful sport,' Which much upset Jo's-sire. For he declared it was a fin 1 Such costly things to buy her; "I'll not supply yon with the tin." Thereat arose Jo's-ire But useless 'twas to grow enraged Wh. n gifts he did deny her; She cried: 'Xo longer we're engaged " Ilis name wss then Jo-sigher. Day after day of love denied, lie ambled sadly by her; IMs speeches would the maid deride, For wealthier Jos eye-her. At last one day he took his gun And cried: 'Farewell, Marier; Ah. ba," he yelled: "this life Is done." Fizz, bang! Ob, ho, Jo's higher . . Umskiville Gazette, A BULL AND, A GRIZZLY. GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Make us a visit. It will pay you. gtins will be offered. Genuiue bar- Norris & Carter. A. S. LEE, J. I. JOHNSON', EUGENE QRl SSOSf, MD Lee, Johnson & Co. Wholesale and .Retail DRUGGISTS, Opp. Postofflce RA LEI O II, X. O. 1 Fine Cigars and Tobacco, Hot and Cold Soda and Mineral Waters of all kind., Fresh Gar den Sect's in season, Largest Stock of Drugs and Druggis's Sun dries In the city. We have the mot elegant I I SODA FOUNTAIN IX THE STATE. K very body waited 00 politely and with dispatch. Prescriptions accurately prepared day and night Strictly Business. Id ord. r to make room for Our Spring Goods We offer our cotlie stock of OVERCOATS, DRESS suns, BUSIXESS SUITS; . t FURNISHING GOODS, MENS HAND AXD MA CII I NE-M A DE SHOES At Lower Prices than they can be bought else where. We mean what we say, and a trial will convince one of our asseitloo. L. Rosenthal & Co. 215 Fayetteville Street. UeaJquartera for Fine and Medium Clothing. AWFUL COMBAT DESCRIBED BY AN EYE-WITNESS UP A TREE. From the New York Sun. "1 suppose the bull started toward the thicket to get a drink at the water hole, but he never got the drink. I saw him push his way into the thicker, and the next instant I could see that he had got into trouble of some kind, and that trouble proved to be a grizzly bear A fierce struggle followed in the thicket. The tops of the bushes swayed to and fro, and I could hear the heavy crash of driftwood as the two powerful animals writhed in fierce embrace. A cloud of dust rolled up from the snot. It was not distant over 100 yards from the tiee in which 1 had taken refuge. Scarcely two minutes elapsed before the bnll broke through the bushes. Ilis head was covered with blood, and great flakes of flesh hung from his fore shoulders. But instead of showing anyj signs of defeat he seemed literally to glow with defiant rage. But scarcely baa I time to note all this when the bear, a huge, repulsive-looking brute, broke through the opening. He was the most formidable specimen of his kind I had ever seen, and my sympathies were at once with the bull, in spite of his belligerent atti tude toward me a few minutes before, but I had my serious doubts about the final result of the combat that begau at once. v "That combat was a trial of brute force that no word of mine are adequate to de scribe. Wheu the bear made his appearance out of the thicket the bull did not wait for his contestant's charge, but lowering his great head to the ground he rushed madly upon the bear. The latter seemed to appre ciate the abilities of the bull and summoned all the wariness of his nature to his aid. lie waited until the bull was almost upou Ifim and then sprang aside with marvelous quick ness, seized his assailant's horns in his pow erful grasp and pressed his head down against the ground by his great strength and the weight of his enormou3 body, biting at the bull's nose and tearing: the flesh from his n2ck and shoulders with his long, sharp claws. This position was maintained for at a least five minutes, the bull struggling dts perately to free his hea-1, but being unable to eccomplish it, while the bear put forth etery muscle to press the bull's body to the ground. The blood poured from the bull's nostrils in great streams, but the bear had as yet received no apparent injury. -THE BEAR WORSTED "Presently both animals paused in their desperate struggle, as each was blown and rapidly approaching exhaustion. The bear did not relax the hold he had obtained on his contestant. As vet during the fight neither animal had uttered a sound except their loud and labored breathing. The ces sation in the struggle had probably been of ten minutes' duration, when suddenly the bull made one tremendous lunge, broke the motionless but terrible embrace, hurled the bear from off his1 head and backed away prob ably ten paces. The bear lifted his huge form on l)is haunches and stood ready for the next assault. The herd of cattle had by this time gathered in from the plain and surrounded the combatants, moaning and bellowing and pawing up the ground but maintaining a terrified neutrality. "The bull did not remain at rest a mo ment after backing away for a new charge, iiur. rendered furious bv his wounds, he irathered all his energies, and bear rolling over and over in the dust,' vainly I vice and the warnings of her family and her trying to avoid the fatal horns of ais adver- friends, bhe has accepted the consequences sary, and the bnll ripping, thrusting and of her act with a courageous dignity that is tearing the grizzly with irresistible ferocity, beyond all praise."; Were" she to leave her At last, as if determined to end the contest, husband and to, insist upon a legal separa- the bull drew b.tck, lowered his head and tion, as it was at one time widely reported made a third terrible charge, but, blinded that. she was about Jo do, he could by the by the streams of blood that poured down laws of England take from her her children, his face, he mipsed his mark, stumbled and and rs- Satoris is too tender a mother to rolled headlong on the ground. In spite of contemplate for a moment such a contin- his frightful injuries and great exhaustion, geney. She is much beloved by her father the bear turned quickly and sprang upon his in-law. who is very fond and proud of her prostrate enemy. lie seemed to have been eldest son, a fine boy, who has just been sent suddenly invigorated by this turn of the bat- to a public school. She has a house in Lon- at- I m www . . . . . . . . - ne in nis iavor. Witn merciless sweeps 01 1 Qon this vear lor the season, entertains her his huge claws he tore the flesh in great masses from the bull's upturned side. The advantage the bear thus obtained over the bull seemed to be understood bv the herd. and the bellowing increased, dirt was thrown about in clouds, and one big cow drew near the struggling animals, and I believed for a moment that she intended to go to the aid of the herd's prostrate leader, so fier.was her aspect and actions; but she simply cir cled around the bear and the bull, bellowing and pawing. "Ihe bull and the bear rolled over and over in the terrible death struggle. Nothing was now to be seen bnt a heaving, gory mass, dimly perceptible through the dust. As to weignt, the two fierce and determined brutes must have been about equally matched. The bear had the advantage of greater agil ity and the expert and telling use of two terrible weapons his teeth and claws while the bull represented more flexible courage and greater powers of endurance. The un American friends, and assumes the position as nead of her own household, which Mr. Satoris ought to take and which she takes in his stead. Her beauty has matured and ripened into an added brilliancy: but, hand some, admired, and most wofully wedded as she is, no charge, even of coquetry or flirta tionsness, has been brought against her. Such isthe true position of a much-talked about state of affairs." AAY ONE CAN CONJURE. some of Hermann's host famous tricks fully explained for the first time. From the New York Sun. 4 Hermann is a sleight-of-hand performer whose tricks, on and off the stage, are often described in print. Those accounts usually exaggerate and mystify. Let us take a clear view of some of his doings. As he walked fortunate result of the bull's last charge on toward the foot-Hghts be removed his gloves, the grizzly indicated that the latter's quali- rolled them into a liulc ba1 pretended to put them into his left hand, but kept them ties would in a few minutes more settle the fight against the bull, and I was in raomen- ary expectation of seeing buch a termination, when, to my astonishment, I saw the bear relax his efforts, roll over from the body of his prostrate foe, and drag himself feebly away from the spot. . THE GRIZZLY CONQUERED. The grizzly had no sooner abandoned his attack on the bull than the latter was on his feet, bearing himself as erect and fierce as ever. If the bear's appearance was sick ening, the bull's was doubly so. He was cov ered with blood from his forehead to 'his rump, and his flesh and skin actually hung in strips and tatters from his head and sides. Giving his he id a shako that scattered blood in a shower about him, and gave him a mo ment's sight of the reeking bear in front of him, he lowered his head for the fourth time and again made one of his terrific charges. When the dying bear had dragged himself away from the bull the eagles actually swooped down upon him and the wolves sprang from the thicket into the opening and prepared to pounce upon him. The bull scattered the impatient birds and animals as be swept pu his final charge against the griz 1 -lit .-1 1 x 1 1-1 in the hollow palm of hi3Vtght, and then waved his hands in the air, keeping the back of his right hand toward the spectators. He then picked up a pack of cards from the table and shuffled them, arranging the nine of clubs, ten of diamonds, and ace of hearts in the middle of the pack, so that he would know their exact position and could keep the third finger of his right hand beneath .them. He walked down from the stage and presented the pack, spread out backward, to one of the aunience, rt questing the gentle? man to select a card. As the stranger reached for a card Hermann moved the nine of clubs toward him with his finger, and the stranger took it. Anothar person was made to draw the ten of diamonds, and another the aco of hearts, in the same way. They nrVaf at their narda sinrl nut them hne.lf in-' to the pack, which was then shuffled. The I showman returned to the stage and asked the three persons to name their cards. They zly, and they hastily departed, shrieking and did so, and a young woman dressed a3 a page with an un earthly cry rushed with impetufius force and ferocity upon the bear. The latter attempted to use the tactics that had served him so well at the first onslaught, but the second charge of the bull was irresistibly, in spite of the bear's terrific blows with his paws and the grizzly went down in the dust before his crazed antagonist, and vainly tried to defend himself. The bull thrust his horns in under the bear, caught him in the belly with one of the sharp weapons, and with one furious sweep of hi3 head tore the griz2ly open until his entrails protruded. Then the grizzly rose to his feet, and with a roar that made my blood run cold, closed with his terrible enemy, and for a long time the two fought, their cries and the cries of the surrounding cattle being frightful to listen to. LOOKING BAD FOR THE BULL. The terrible fight continued. The ground was torn up and covered with blood for many feet aroond. Both animals were grievously wounded. It was .plain that neither could hold cut much longer. Maimed and gory, they fought with the certainty of death, the snarling. The cattle again added their bel lowing to that of the bull s, and acted as if they understood tho favorable turn the fight had taken. As the bull hurled himself against the grizzly the latter braced himself for a last desperate struggle. He struck out wildly with his paws, and the bull fell back with the force of the grizzly's blows, present- ing a ghastly spectacle. Jl is tongue hung from his mouth a mangkd mass of shreds. Ilis face was stripped bare of flesh to the bone and his eyes were torn from their sock ets. Ihe charge was equally disastrous to the bear, he being ripped completely open, and he sank to the ground writhing in his agony. The indomitable courage of the bull here prevailed. Blinded and crippled a3 he was, he made but a slight pause after his fourth assault and then dashed wildly at his foe again. The grizzly's roar now' seemed to be one of terror. With a last frantic effort he sought to make his escape, scrambling and staggering through Jthe dust. But it was useless. His great strength .was gone. The bull plunged his horns again and again into the huge form of the dying brute us he lay stretched helpless in the dust. The bear's muscles quivered and contracted. He drew his immense paws up once or twice in con vulsive clutches raised his hug3 head, gave - 1 111 1-1 1 one agonizing groan, ana ien uacK ueaa. The victorious Dull raised his bloody, hoi- ridly disfigured crest, gave vo:ce to a deep then brought from behind the scene a sword. The blade of the sword had been passed through three similar cards, wh;ch were con cealed behind the hilt guard. A fine elastic cord was attached to the point of the sword, stretcqed, and fastened to the hilt. The three cards were made fast to the elastic. The young woman took the pack and tossed it toward Hermann, who held the sword in his. hand.1 As she did so he thrust the sword toward the flying pack and released the elas tic from the hilt. The nine of clubs, the ten of diamonds, and ace of hearts at once appeared near the point of the blade, as though pierced through while flying. Next,' Hermann borrowed a handkerchief from a lady and gave it to a young man to hold between his hands. He carried a wand under his arm. Taking the wand out with his right hand, he also took from a little pocket under his arm a small package of pieces of linen, which he concealed- in the palm of his right hand. He then said the young man in the audience was not holding the hanakercniei rignt, ana iook it irom mm to show him how. He rubbed the handker chief between his hands, palmed it, and gave back the bitd of cloth in its stead. Ihe young man did not observe the change Again Hermann appeared dissatisfied, and told the young man to noia tne nanaicer chief by-a comer. The dupe opened his hauds and the bits of cloth fell out. He stage she slipped threo other rings upon the wand and handed it to the showman, keeping tne tnree oorrowea rings concealed in her nan as. bhe then went behind the scenes and tied the three rings to ribbons hanging from the necks of three white doves, and pot the dove3 into the deep cover of a stew pan. The cover had a- false bottom held in place by a spring. While she was doing this Hermann let the three bogus rings slide from the wand into a 8 tew pan, poured in some alcohol and set fire to it. The pretty young woman brought out the cover and ierm an n placed it on the pan. He then released the. false bottom, lifted the cover and showed the three doves sitting on the pan with the bor rowed rings tied to their necks. He placed one of the doves on the barrel of a pistol and nred his weapon. The dove was trained not to move. He put the dove on a table, cov ered it with a handkerchief, dropped the bird through a little trap, gathered up the handkerchief as though the dove were inside, wiggling his finger in the handkerchief to simulate the fluttering of the bird, and then smashed the handkerchief between his hands very violently. Ladies in the audience said "Oh!" The showman shook the handkerchie out by the corners and showed that it was empty. , Hermann next got a programme, rolled i up into the form of a candy horn, placing in it secretly a compressed package of cut paper flowers that he obtained from the pock under his left arm Putting his right hand into tne norn, ostensibly to snape it oettcr he removed the pressure from the package and the paper flowers swelled and tilled the horn, lie shook them out upon the table pnt his hand upon them to arrange them and picked up another pocket, which he in troduced into the horn while again adjusting its shape. He repeated this several times until about a bushel of flowers had been shaken ouc He then borrowed a hat, took a rabbi from under his coat as he walked away, and put it into the hat. Then he took the rabbit out of the hat by the ears While the spec tators were examining that rabbit he held the hat close to his breast with his righ hand and put into it another rabbit with his left. He took that rabbit out Then he placed both rabbits on the table, one hiding the other from the spectators, dropped the latter rabbit through a trap, rubbed the re maining one, and said he had rolled two rab bits into one. A confederate in the audience had a third rabbit concealed m his inside coat pocket. 7ermann came down, strug gled with the man, and pulled the rabbit out of his pocket. Zermann returned to the stage tossed the rabbit in the air, placed it on a shelf behind a table when it came down, made a tossing movement again very quickly, fired a pistol with his left hand, and looked up as though he had thrown the rab bit into the nies. Then the curtain came down for an intermission; and it had all been easy enough to see through if you knew how. The Raleigh Signal, , Kates of Advertising: " One square, one Insertion. .. ......$ .60 One equal e, one month ; 1 .00 One square, t wo months. ...... .... " j.oo Ona square, three montha........,. t.M One aqaare, tlx months..................... 12.00 One square, one year 20.00 B6fc.Liberal contract! will be made for larger advertisements. FIGHTING TO THE FINISH. bellow, and, shaking his head triumphantly, picked them up and handed them to Her turned and walked away. His progress was mann, who put them between his own hands, slow and painful, and he stopped and turned palmed them, end worked toward the ends at short intervals and listened, a3 if to. know of his fingers a long strip of cloth, which he whether his foe would renew the battle. He had concealed in his"palm. Then he shook walked nearly a hundred yard3 with his herd out the strip, and it was composed of the gathering and bellowing about him. Pres- pieces. This he rolled up and palmed, and ently his head dropped from its proud posi- turning his back to the audience to go back tion. he spread his legs apart as 11 to brace upon the stage he put all the hits 01 cloth himself against the weakness that was steal- away under his coat and showed his hands ing upon him. Suddenly ho fell as jf he had been shot, a mangled, bleeding mass, and was soon dead. GEN. GRANT'S DAUGHTER. HOW SHE IS LOVED AND WHAT HER SUR ROUNDINGS ARE. . The deep affection called forth by Gen, Grant's great qualities in the hear! s of his countryxen ha3 naturally caused his chil dren to become objects of sincere interest to the American nation. The famous ex-Presi- to be empty. Then he picked up a lemon from which the pulp had been removed, and inside of which a handkerchief had been placed. He cut the lemon and drew out he handkerchief. The spectators . thought it was the one he had borrowed, and they ap plauded. He put the handkerchief on a plate and poured some alcohol upon it. The pretty young woman set fire to the alcohol with a candle. Then he extinguished the flame with a sheet or paper, in which he wrapped the embers. H3 went to a table, rolled the package with his hand into a lit tle well, and took up another paper contain ing an unscorched piece of cloth. He walked down toward the audience, pretended to toss dent's only and idolized daughter has, above all, been regarded with kindly sympathy, the piece of cloth to a lady with his left and "I have lately read some interesting partic- palmed with his right hand, which he drop M r Satonii." writes Lncv ped to his waist. While the spectators were TTooner to the Philadelphia Telegraph, "and 1 - I deem it no infringement of her domestic! privacy, in view4of the unfortunate publicity that her matrimonial affairs (througn .no fault of her own, most assuredly) have al ready attained," to give them to the world. That her marriage has been a most ill-starred ouc as regards the character and the habits of her English husband no one can ior an instant deny. But what is, I think, less known, and what deserves , to be widely known, is the courage and strength of char acter that Mrs. Satoris has of late years dis played .under most trying circumstances. Her marriage was one of passionate affection on her side, at least. Her attachment to her foreign wooer was proof against all the ad-j looking at his left band he concealed the piece of .cloth in a pocket , just inside the edge ot his coaL He then placed his wand under his left arm, and took from the pocket there the original borrowed handkerchief, concealing it in his palm. Placing his hand at a gentleman's ear, he dropped the hand kerchief to the ends of his fingers, pretended to take it out of the gentleman's ear, and handed it to the lady. The performer borrowed a tall hat, turned hi3 back to roe audience, put a handkerchief containing three eggs into the hat as he turned to . the stage, faced about, and took first the handkerchief and the eggs from the hat. The pretty young woman, with a short wand in her hand, went down the aisle and borrowed three rings. Eeturning to the A FIERCE AND FATAL BATTLE BETWEEN TWO ALLIGATORS. From the New York Times. Eight years ago Dr. Huston, of Coatesville, Tenn.. brought a pair of young alligators from Florida. He had a tank arranged for them in his greenhouse, and they thrived and grew rapidly. They had abundance of room to move around in, and could not have had things more pleasant and convenient in their native bajous. One of the reptiles grew to a length of six feet and the other stopped at five. They lived together in peace until a month or so, ago, when a disposition to pick quar rels with one another seemed to seize them. No overt act was committed by either unti one day this week. On that day Dr Ha&- ton's gardner, who wa3 at work near by, heard a great commotion in the tank.' Look ing in that direction he saw that the two al ligators were engaged in a teriffic combat The gardener rushed to the spot with the intention of separating the cobatants, but although he beat them with his rake handle and jabbed and punched them with the rake, they paid no attention to him, and the fu rious struggle went on. The water in the tank was lashed into foam as the infuriated alligators plunged about in it, and was splashed as high as the glass roof of the greenhouse. It was evident V- ... that the larger alligator was .trying.to seize the body of the smaller one in his wide open . 11 1 11 . 11 11? iaw4. a consummation mat tne smaller aui- gator put-forth all his efforts to prevent, and as he was the quicker of the two he foiled every attempt of his opponent to close his jaws on him. . " The smaller .alligator movea rouna ana round his big foe, every now and then giv ing him a teriffic blow with his tail, and los ing no opportunity to get his legs between his jaws and crunch them. The water was soon reaaenea witn tne Diooa mat nowei from the wounds thus inflicted on the larger alligator, its agile combatant not-having as yet been injured. The gardner, alter recovering irom nis first surprise, ran and got a heavy hop pole. Me inserted it between tne oattnng alliga tors and tried to orv them apart, and pound- - - L J a a ed them with it, all to no purpose. w In fact, his infeiference only seemed to spur them on to more . desperate fighting. They rolled x)ver each other, sometimes in the water and sometimes on the bank in the mud, but always lashing furiously with their tails. The small and more agile of the two kept up its assault on the big one's legs ana every of the two alligators gleamed like fire, and showed the fury that urged them on. The gardener said that the fight was one to the death, and ho gave up all efforts to ep arato the alligators, and itood an eicitcd spectator of tho bloody duel. For ten min utes or more the two monster reptiles lashed their tails against one another and spracg together witli opca jaws. In and out of tho tank the battle waged. in ally, as the larger alligator swung his great tail around to strike tho smaller one, the latter attempted to seize it in his laws. The force of tho resisted blow threw the small alligator on his side and destroyed his guard. Before he could recover himself tho enormous jaw of the othef had closed upon Dim witn a snap like the breaking of a trco . in two. The vise like jaws had caught him in the middle of his body. Vainly tho m-. prisoned alligator tried to sweep his tail against the body of his enemy, and throw his jaws around to seize his leg. Hi doom wit sealed, ihe big alligator roso op on his feet and shook his helpless foe as a dog would shake a rat. So fiercely was this done that the gardner says the head and tail of the smaller alligator were knocked together at every shake. At last tho victor's rage was satisfied. He dropped the vanquished foe from his jaws, and the conquered alligator fell a limp and lifeless mass in the water. Ilia back was brokenand blood flowed from his eyes and mouth. Tho victorious alliga tor gazed for a moment at the dead body ot his late combatant and crawled away lo a sunny spot and stretched himself on the ground. 7e is badly hurt, but it is thought he will survive his terrible battle, TURNING THE TABLES. vulnerable spot, and every, time his great jaws snapped a new stream of blood spurted . . . , . . mi 1.11 1 irom nis ouixy antagonist, xne lauemuai ly changed his tactics. Instead of plunging and whirling madly about in efforts tojseize bis enemy he began to move slowly, avoiding the assaults of his quick contestant as best he could, but apparently watching for the opportunity he sought. The. sleepy eyesi A SNAKE CARRIID OFF BY AN EAGLE 8TBAN QLES ITS CA1T0R. m Columbus Times. The Rev. Fairwcather, of Orizoba, 111.', tells the following incident which happened a few days ago while tiding over his circuit in the vicinity of Clifton bridge. The good brother was riding along quietly oa horse back over a rough road, when) looking ahead, he observed a large gray eagle, probably a mate to the one killed about two yean ago, take its flight from a neighboring hill. It appeared to have somothing in its taloni, But the circuit rider could not distinguish tho object. Stopping his horso, however, ho watched the majestic bird as it circled around and around in. its upward flight until it reached a height where it appeared as a mere speck. He was about to resume his journey when he thought he observed tho bird begin to descend. Slowly it lessened the distance' between it and the earth, and it appeared to bo struggling with something. It came . nearer and nearer tho ground until, when within a hundred feet of it, tho bird seemed to lose any further use of its wings, and fell to the earth dead. The minister, whose curiosity was now thoroughly aroused, hur ried to the fallen bird to learn tho trouble, which was quickly explained by the sight of a large black snake, which at lhat moment was uncoiling itself from around the eigle's neck, and was preparing toacrawl away. The preacher-quickly dismounted and killed his snakeship with a long club and triumphantly marched into town with both the snake and the eagle to substantiate the truth of tho singular story, he was about to tell. The . ;Ie, it appears, had tried to carry off the snake to some secluded spot and make a meal of him, but the former, coiling himself around theneck of the bird, effectually strangled the latter in his terriblo embrace. Ihe eagle was a male bird, and was the argest ever seen in this section. The snako measured six feet and nine inches in length and was one of the kind frequently observed in this section. DON'T LIKE MOONLIGHT. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. "All engineers dread moonlight nights," said the old trainman, "and the trouble is no trouble at all shadows. An engineer, look ing from his engine, sees before him all manner of shadows. He is euro that the shadow across the track is a man or a rock or some kind of an obstruction. 7e doesn't know, and he is kept in a state of nervous excitement! all the time. Going around curves, along hillsides, very curious shadows are outlined along the track, and very often the engineer is so worked up over a night 1 ride that he is scarcely able to perform hii duties. Some years ago, when I was going over the mam stem of the Baltimore & Ohio one night, there was a freight wreck ahead of as. They were running freight in convoys then, or as we now call them, in sections, uar train was stopped and I went forward to see , what was the damage. Lying in a cut was about the worst freight wreck I have ever seen. I went forward to sco what the trou ble waa. It was a moonlight night, and , when I got forward I saw engineer. . He wa3 shaking all over with excitement. He was one of the oldest and best engineer! on the road, and I was surprised to see him 10 nervous, as ho escaped unhurt." " What is the trouble, Tom V I asked him. I could see nothing wrong. "It was a rock," replied, Tom. was coming round the curve when I saw it. It was a big one; big enough to smash a whole train. I reversed the engine to avoid a smash-up, and the cars coming down the grade just piled up in the shape yon see them." v , r . : . "I looked around' bnt could see no rock anywhere. The wreck was cleared away that night, and there wasn't the sign ot an obstruction near the locomotive. We all were enrious to find out what bad caused the trouble. The next night a railroad man went to the cut, and tbero in the moonlight . he sa w a perfect image of a big rock lying across the track. He looked up on the hill side and there was a. big rock throwing its , shadow down on the track that caused a. wreck , that cost the company thousands of dollars.'. , . :: , .... . - i -
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